Homebrew Fungal based entity Species Details
These little fungal take control of other bodies and use them as husks.
They once were a proud and noble people that lived as guardians of the forest. But due to an ancient and now forgotten enemy they are almost extinct.
Almost nobody understands their ancient ways and therefore regard them as a threat. But those who do understand them respect their ancient and forgotten ways.
Clemencyetcetc's Profile Traits
Fungal Based Entity have many different abilitys but what they are most know for is their ability to control bodies. They do have other abilitys like their Poisonous Skin and their ability to cling and understand other languages with just a touch.Ability Score Increase
Having lived through hundreds of years makes you very wise.
Your wisdom score increases by 2 and your intelligence by 1
Age
Fungal based entity's can live forever or till someones slays them
Alignment
Fungal based entity's have no tendency to become good or evil but rather almost always staying to neutral. They also tend to be lawful.
Size, Speed and Darkvision
Your size, speed and darkvision are based on which kind of body you are controlling.
Note that your voice also changes based on the body you are controlling.
Control.
Once per long rest you can take control of a freshly dead body for up 3 days gaining its run speed and health based on how mutilated it is . When your 3 days run out or your body dies you have to take control of a new body.
When you become level 3 you can then control a humanoid below 5 health and gain its health and run speed without having to switch it out.
You can only take control of bodies that are medium or smaller. When you become level 12 you may take on large bodies and when you become level 16 you may control huge bodies.
As you take control of a body it slowly begins to rot and grow different kinds of mushrooms and other vegetation leading it to become useless by the third day.
If you fail all of your saving rolls your body will then die and you have to go out and find a new one.
When you are out of a body you only have 5 hit points and can't do anything other than float around.
As a fail safe you can if out of body attach yourself to any willing creature giving them 1 plus in all their rolls.
Poisonous Skin.
Any creature that grapples the you or otherwise comes into direct contact with the your skin must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer in direct contact with you can repeat the saving throw at the end of each its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Also you are immune to poisons
Assimilate Speech.
You can learn any language by touching another willing creature that speaks it with a Wisdom Check of 15 or higher. You were born knowing Sylvan and Common.
Cling
You use your roots to extend out and grab a surface and cling on.
Fungal Regrowth
In combat you gain one hit point per each time it gets your turn.
When you do a long or short rest you can regrow a limb, at level 5 you can grow 2, at 10 you can do 3 and at 15 you can do 4
Also you become level 7 you grow fungal skin that grants you 5 temporary hit points per long rest
Languages
They can speak, read and write common and sylvan.
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